Tyson Foods surpasses quarterly estimates as demand rebounds

FE Team | Published: August 05, 2024 22:56:31

Tyson Foods surpassed Wall Street expectations for third-quarter revenue and profit on Monday, indicating that demand was rebounding for its meat products, while lower grain prices reduced costs for animal feed, reports Reuters.
After sales declined in 2023, Tyson Foods is now starting to see some of its customers return to stores to purchase its products as higher costs of dining out push people to cook more meals at home.
The US meat packer's net sales rose 1.6 per cent to $13.35 billion in the quarter, compared with analysts' estimates of $13.24 billion. It continues to expect full-year revenue to be flat compared to fiscal 2023.
The company's beef segment - its largest - saw volumes up 4.4 per cent, building on the last quarter's growth of 2.8 per cent that was driven by higher average carcass weights. Prices in the segment also rose to 1.4 per cent as it continued to grapple with limited cattle supply. Still, sales in Tyson's chicken segment - which struggled with an excess of supply during 2023 - were down 3.2 per cent in the quarter, while prices also dropped 3.7 per cent. Previously, Tyson said it had lowered production to align its supplies with consumer demand.
Similarly, while its pork segment reported a 10.4 per cent rise in quarterly sales, its volumes increased only by 1.2 per cent that were sequentially lower than 2.9 per cent seen in the second quarter, when the company saw more hog supplies.
Meanwhile, Tyson Foods has also undertaken a vigorous cost-control plan under which it has sold off a poultry facility, shuttered six US chicken plants, said it would close a pork plant and had cut jobs to grow profit margins.
Lower grain prices and raw material expenses have helped Tyson Foods post adjusted earnings of 87 cents per share, topping estimates of 65 cents.